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Title: Amos T. Akerman to George C. Bates, 27 December 1871
Date: December 27, 1871
Whitman Archive ID: nar.02292
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Dec. 27, 1871.
Geo. C. Bates, Esq.
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Sir:
I enclose herewith a commission appointing you to the office of Attorney of the United States for Utah Territory.
If the same is accepted, be pleased to transmit to the Department a copy of your official oath, and to inform me of the place of your nativity.
Very respectfully,
A. T. Akerman,
Attorney General.
Commission